Artist: Micah Hesse Exhibition title: Lobbyless Venue: Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin, Germany Date: February 20 – April 16, 2016 Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin If the buildings adjoining parliament lacked lobbies, would lobbyists lobby less? Certain buildings harboring concentrations of power are fronted by porticos, loggias, and neoclassical facades that are often meant to symbolize communal inclusion and justice, but what if they were somehow flaccid and could be stretched and squashed? would it allow external influence on politics to wax and wane in synchronization? Looking at the city from a distance, buildings in Manhattan’s skyline have the apparent scale of miniature tabletop models. […]